The South Pole Telescope: Unraveling the Mystery of Dark Energy | Zendy

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The South Pole Telescope: Unraveling the Mystery of Dark Energy

Author(s) -

C. L. Reichardt,

T. de Haan,

L. E. Bleem

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal of modern physics conference series

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2010-1945

DOI - 10.1142/s2010194516601897

Subject(s) - south pole telescope , physics , telescope , astronomy , galaxy cluster , galaxy , astrophysics , dark energy , sky , cosmology

The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a 10-meter telescope designed to survey the millimeter-wave sky, taking advantage of the exceptional observing conditions at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. The telescope and its ground-breaking 960-element bolometric camera finished surveying 2500 square degrees at 95. 150, and 220 GHz in November 2011. We have discovered hundreds of galaxy clusters in the SPT-SZ survey through the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (SZ) effect. The formation of galaxy clusters the largest bound objects in the universe is highly sensitive to dark energy and the history of structure formation. I will discuss the cosmological constraints from the SPT-SZ galaxy cluster sample as well as future prospects with the soon to-be-installed SPT-3G camera.

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